Famous quote by Harold Brodkey

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"I was always crazy about New York, dependent on it, scared of it - well, it is dangerous - but beyond that there was the pressure of being young and of not yet having done work you really liked, trademark work, breakthrough work"

Work Well Young

This quote is written / told by Harold Brodkey between October 25, 1930 and January 26, 1996. He/she was a famous Author from USA. The author also have 23 other quotes.

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"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work"

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man"

"The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out"

"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need"

Voltaire, Writer

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"